Jaime Mendoza-Hernandez v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 17 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAIME JAVIER MENDOZA- No. 15-73611

HERNANDEZ,

Agency No. A094-108-591 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted February 12, 2026** San Francisco, California

Before: N.R. SMITH, NGUYEN, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Jamie Javier Mendoza-Hernandez, a native and citizen of El-Salvador,

petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming

the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for protection under the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).1 Mendoza-Hernandez also petitions for

review of the BIA’s denial of his motion to…